JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas responded to a video released by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it is Israel, not the Palestinians, who are committing “ethnic cleansing.”

Israel’s Channel 1 reported on Wednesday that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas served as a Syrian-based KGB agent in the 1980s. The report, based on research done by Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez of the Truman Institute, came to light after examination of the Mitrokhin Archive.